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Entries from February 2008

Lithuanian Independence Day

February 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

See pictures from the party here! Last Saturday we had a party to celebrate Lithuania’s Independence Day and the new news website we have built for Lithuanians living in Norway (lietuvis.no). It was held at our language school here in Oslo, and we were quite surprised at how many people came! There was a presentation [...]

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Tags: Lithuania · Pictures

Getting A Visa To India

February 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

So we went to apply for our visas to India for our trip coming up. The Indian embassy in Oslo is in a part of town that I had not been before. And to be honest, I was really glad Marius had been there before because I do not know if I would have ever [...]

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Tags: India · Travel

Night Owl

February 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have been a night owl lately. One of the many things that I have been doing in preparation for going to the Ashram in India is a lot of meditating (yes – I am one of those people . Marius and I have been doing meditations from 1AM-3AM every night for about one month [...]

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Tags: Ashram · India

Shes Got A Ticket To Ride…But Forgot It At Home!

February 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Well, I did a big no-no here in Oslo last week. I was going to my Sunday night yoga class at 5:30pm. I was already late to the underground and so was going to be about fifteen minutes late to class. Anyways, I packed my purse light because I didn’t need anything with me because [...]

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Tags: Adjusting Advice · Everyday In Oslo · Norway